Maria Ramirez

Published: Friday, July 16, 1999

Prayer service for Maria Renteria Ramirez, 63, of Lubbock will be held 7 p.m. today at Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Sanders Funeral Home Memorial Chapel.

Burial will be in the City of Lubbock Cemetery.

She died on Wednesday, July 14, 1999, at her residence.

She was born March 6, 1936, in Toyahville, and moved to Lubbock in 1959 from Mentone. She married Benjamin Leaton Ramirez on June 8, 1959, in Pecos. He died on September 15, 1996. She was a homemaker and attended the South Spanish Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah Witness.

A son, Arthur Ramirez, preceded her in death in March 1999.

Survivors include four sons, Alfredo of Snyder, Abel and Benjamin Jr., both of Lubbock, and Raul of Greenville, S.C.; seven daughters, Aurora Munoz of Midland, Angelina Ramirez of Carlsbad, N.M., Carol Natividad, Alice Hernandez, Norma Urive and Rachel Faz, all of Lubbock, and Anna Ramirez of San Antonio; six brothers, Seledonio Renteria of Pecos, Manuel Renteria, Benino Renteria, Agapito Renteria, Efren Renteria, Jr., and Cirilo Renteria all of Odessa; two sisters, Epifania Marquez and Cleta Rodriquez both of Odessa; 29 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren.